“But it is a graveyard, isn’t it?”

Welcome to yet another beautifully built example of the Mughal architecture. This my friends is called the Humanyun’s tomb. A tomb which we pay to enter, 30 rupees for Indians and 500 rupees for foreigners. This red and white sandstone building lies in the center with greenery and water flowing on all four sides. It is as if life is desperately trying to crawl around the graves that have been enclosed in this monumental marvel. Dead and decayed sleeping in the tombs whereas trees and the grass breathing the carbon dioxide on the outside.

Just imagine the workers working throughout the day, chiseling the stones, carving intricate shapes and patterns all just to add an extra appeal. Imagine this, if sound is an energy and noise is a form of sound and energy cannot be created or destroyed, then that sound is now transformed, trapped in the stones that make this structure stand tall. Imagine all the cumulative hammering on the stones, oh the level of sounds, but now this Droid hears none of those. Instead there is a level of calmness to it. Droid sees people roaming around this monument, talking photographs, smiling and enjoying the winter sun. Joyful laughs can be heard echoing across the chambers and voices of the dead unheard on the other end.

As Droid roams about this monument he ponders and says to himself “But it is a graveyard, isn’t it?”. The chills like being at cemetery are now being experienced by him, but the only difference is that it is broad daylight and probably the ghosts of the dead are sleeping. Are ghosts or lost souls indeed the creatures of the night? Nocturnal beings of the paranormal world are often talked to be roaming about in the darkness that comes after the sunset. Over 160 Mughals are currently resting in this compound. It gets spookier if the number of people alive in the complex is actually less than the dead. The dead shall not rise but still the bodies rot in the ground providing an evidence of degradation as one day this entire monument shall turn to dust and nothing shall remain in its place. When time immemorial has passed, when the dead have decayed, when the stones are irreparable, then shall this monument become a true graveyard. It would lose all its brilliance, glow and sheer expanse-both horizontal and vertical. Till then visit this beautiful marvel and do not forget to take a picture.